Serbia

The Prime Ministers of Serbia and Slovenia, Mirko Cvetkovic and Borut Pahor, on Wednesday expressed their desire to deal with unresolved issues from their shared past and to focus on the shared future of EU membership for the west Balkan region.

Serbian and Slovenian Prime Ministers Mirko Cvetković and Borut Pahor said that relations between the two countries were good. “Relations are friendly, political cooperation has intensified, and the economic relations of the two countries are progressing despite the crisis,” Pahor said.

The Prosecutor’s Office of the war crimes tribunal in The Hague has revealed new excerpts from general Ratko Mladic’s war-time diaries. They make it evident that the Bosnian Serbs and Croats, with the help of the authorities

EU Special Representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith said that Kosovo is on the threshold of a new phase. Speaking in Washington on Tuesday, the Dutch diplomat, who also heads the International Civilian Office (ICO) in Priština, added that the ICJ’s opinion may encourage Belgrade and Priština to solve technical issues …

Belgrade Mayor Dragan Đilas visited Serbs returnees in village of Novake near Prizren on Tuesday. He presented them with a van for transporting people and goods, donated by the city. Đilas told the returnees that Belgrade would always offer support to people who choose to return to their homes in …

After long consultations with Brussels Eulex decided to ban all unapproved visits to Kosovo made by Serbian officials, Pristina’s agencies said. Pristina daily “Koha Ditore” said that yesterday’s day was marked with a record

Bosnian Presidency Chairman Haris Silajdžić’s cabinet has stated that his visit to Belgrade scheduled for Tuesday had to be canceled.

Serbian President Boris Tadić will meet on Tuesday in Belgrade with Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency official Haris Silajdžić. This will be the Bosnian Muslim politician’s first visit to Belgrade since the war in Bosnia began in 1992. Silajdžić announced last week that succession and the fate of the property of Bosnian companies, as …

Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Sunday (May 23rd) that EU officials assured him recently the bloc will accelerate the enlargement process after the world economic crisis eases. He blamed the stalemate in the integration of new members on the shift in EU focus to its economic troubles. Tadic also …

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged Serbia to look to the future, said reports. That future, he said, lies in integration into the European Union and NATO despite its skepticism regarding the alliance.